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john, he's the background. the path of the canal in the mohawk valley was to be entirely along the southern bank of the river using feeders from the mohawk to water the canal, to get water into the canal. now, between connecting albany, the mohawk makes a big northward arc in the eastern section of the mohawk river, with the falls spilling the mohawk into the hudson. rendell involved himself in the process. he'd been asked to become an engineer on the erie canal. he said no, probably because he was b continuing his work in manhattan with other projects he was doing, but in any case, at a certain point, inserts himself into this issue of the eastern end of the canal, and he thinks, and he publicizes his thoughts that the canal ought to leave the mohawk valley and take a much shorter, cheaper, and direct route to albany along a route, in fact, he mapped 15 years earlier. rendell makes noise about it, probably anonymous newspaper articles, anonymous pamphlets, and wright, chief engineer wright decides just before
john, he's the background. the path of the canal in the mohawk valley was to be entirely along the southern bank of the river using feeders from the mohawk to water the canal, to get water into the canal. now, between connecting albany, the mohawk makes a big northward arc in the eastern section of the mohawk river, with the falls spilling the mohawk into the hudson. rendell involved himself in the process. he'd been asked to become an engineer on the erie canal. he said no, probably because he...
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that's how she made her name, but, still, better than john mccain. [laughter] and even, you know in the hillary-obama debate, the questions to obama were softball that saturday night live did a sketch on it with hillary clinton asked complicated policy questions and the moderator asking obama if he wanted another pillow. [laughter] that was a fair summary, and the really stunning thing of last week's debate was not how poorly obama did. he was as good as he ever was. [applause] if john mccain was on the stage with him, we'd be the ones with long faces this week. no, it was how magnificent romney was and first time obama faced a tough opponent. i mean, his whole life he's been, as he says, as long as you don't make fast moves, look calm, white people love you. by his own account, smoking pot at the university, not particularly applying himself, and manages to transfer to the premier universities in america, columbia, and from there, he rockets to harvard law school, and he's instantly president of the harvard law review, he was president for two weeks
that's how she made her name, but, still, better than john mccain. [laughter] and even, you know in the hillary-obama debate, the questions to obama were softball that saturday night live did a sketch on it with hillary clinton asked complicated policy questions and the moderator asking obama if he wanted another pillow. [laughter] that was a fair summary, and the really stunning thing of last week's debate was not how poorly obama did. he was as good as he ever was. [applause] if john mccain...
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still she was better than john mccain. and even in the obama hillary debate the questions going to obama were so soft ball saturday night live did a sketch on it with hillary being asked these intricate complicated policy questions and the moderator asking obama if he would like another fellow. that was a fair summary and the stunning thing was not how poorly obama did was the other one. [applause] >> if john mccain had been on the stage, we would be the ones with long faces. it was how magnificent mitt romney was and the first time obama had to face a tough opponent. his whole life he has been as long as you don't make fast moves white people will love you. by his account he was smoking pot and manage to transfer to one of the premier universities in america and from there rockets to harvard law school and president, only been president for two weeks and wednesday nobel priest -- peace prize. this was the first test he faced. he didn't do so well. you see it with stacy dash. it is as if as i wrote in my column they spend
still she was better than john mccain. and even in the obama hillary debate the questions going to obama were so soft ball saturday night live did a sketch on it with hillary being asked these intricate complicated policy questions and the moderator asking obama if he would like another fellow. that was a fair summary and the stunning thing was not how poorly obama did was the other one. [applause] >> if john mccain had been on the stage, we would be the ones with long faces. it was how...
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still, she was better than john mccain. and you know in the hillary obama debate, the questions going question's going to obama were so thoughtful saturday night live did a sketch on it with hillary being asked these incredibly intricate, complicated policy questions and then the moderator asking obama if he would like another pillow. [laughter] and that was a fair summary and the stunning thing of last week's debate was and how poorly obama did. he is as good as he ever was. [applause] if john mccain had been on the stage with him, we would be the ones -- [inaudible] that is how magnificent mitt romney was in was the first time obama had to face a tough opponent, the first time. his whole life he has been, as he says, make any fast moves and he looked home and why people will love you. by his own account he was smoking pot at occidental university not particularly applying himself and manages to transfer to one of the premier universities and america, colombia and from there he rockets to harvard law school and president o
still, she was better than john mccain. and you know in the hillary obama debate, the questions going question's going to obama were so thoughtful saturday night live did a sketch on it with hillary being asked these incredibly intricate, complicated policy questions and then the moderator asking obama if he would like another pillow. [laughter] and that was a fair summary and the stunning thing of last week's debate was and how poorly obama did. he is as good as he ever was. [applause] if john...
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have you heard the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. it's easy for most of the people to get re-elected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party, the libertarian party, justice party, constitution party. they now how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access obstacles. what are we doing about the member of congress? we got to ask ourselves some important questions. answer this one for me. please, be candid. someone who is your neighbor, let's say, knocks on your door, says, hi, i'm your neighbor. i want to tell you about myself if you got a minute. you put down your little iphone, turn off the tv. i spend 23% of your income. i can let all kinds of companies rip you off, unemployee you, under ensure you, disrespect you, invade your privacy, and expo you to toxic chemicals. i can raise and lower taxes, send your children off to wa
have you heard the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. it's easy for most of the people to get re-elected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party, the libertarian party, justice party, constitution party. they now how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access...
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you know, there has been a guy named john tanner who was the head of the blue dog democrats. during his last couple of terms he kept trying to bring it up, during a democratic majority in nancy pelosi would hear nothing of it. she would say, that seems very interesting and would never get scheduled. since then another blue dog democrat had been trying to a did it on for consideration and no dice. so unfortunately, you know, to reform congress talk congress has to the play along. that seems unlikely to happen. >> i guess where i was going was that you have 52 congressman, congressional districts in california. and they have reformed the system. you have, i think, tend to stretch out there now that have republican versus republican or democrat versus democrat. at least one this fight. they have gone after each other. but is forcing them to the center. it would seem like it's doing what you're -- >> well, that's right. and, yes. i mean, i do think that there's some people have pointed to the california example as being prove that this is a flaw that means of reform, it still str
you know, there has been a guy named john tanner who was the head of the blue dog democrats. during his last couple of terms he kept trying to bring it up, during a democratic majority in nancy pelosi would hear nothing of it. she would say, that seems very interesting and would never get scheduled. since then another blue dog democrat had been trying to a did it on for consideration and no dice. so unfortunately, you know, to reform congress talk congress has to the play along. that seems...
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president bush responded by saying they had turned a corner and john kerry said that's what hoover said and it doesn't resonate with voters. afterwards most voters couldn't distinguish between herbert hoover and jay edgar hoover so they didn't know what he was talking about and 7% of the american public can identify hoover and the great depression saw as a campaign issue they would really retire. it doesn't work anymore. but it certainly for a very long time it helped them until 1980 when the democrats themselves had an engineer and a lighthouse and he was defeated by an old new deal democrats who voted for franklin roosevelt in 36 and 40 and 44 before she'd become a republican and then as the predators returning to franklin the lamarca and i think it explains a lot about the success of the campaign and the administration that he models himself in many ways and he made it a point to say he wasn't interested in the new deal but with a big impact over time. i think this year the candidates of both parties can learn a lot from roosevelt to rid of the way that he reached out disaffected vot
president bush responded by saying they had turned a corner and john kerry said that's what hoover said and it doesn't resonate with voters. afterwards most voters couldn't distinguish between herbert hoover and jay edgar hoover so they didn't know what he was talking about and 7% of the american public can identify hoover and the great depression saw as a campaign issue they would really retire. it doesn't work anymore. but it certainly for a very long time it helped them until 1980 when the...
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giving speeches in the stadium, blowing off democratic interest groups to invite them to the debate, john kerry wanted to endorse them before new hampshire and he said no. he's on the internet, social media, and i said to axelrod i don't have a better idea for how they could have done this but why don't you break the rules in washington? and axelrod's answer was essentially because it's washington. it's not america. but there really are if you are prisoner to the tyranny of 60 votes, and obama really does believe were certainly did believe that if we get the policy right, the politics will sort of take care of themselves. he said that was blowing down from the top. they took this almost perverse pride and like we are going to put our heads down and do the right thing. the best example of that i tell in the book is for democrats your head will explode when you read this is the story of the tax cuts. you may remember in 2008 pushed to the stimulus it was $180 billion the center for the checks. here's the money. and obama is essential we did the same thing except for the czech part because t
giving speeches in the stadium, blowing off democratic interest groups to invite them to the debate, john kerry wanted to endorse them before new hampshire and he said no. he's on the internet, social media, and i said to axelrod i don't have a better idea for how they could have done this but why don't you break the rules in washington? and axelrod's answer was essentially because it's washington. it's not america. but there really are if you are prisoner to the tyranny of 60 votes, and obama...
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his younger brother, john crandall, became a doctor. when the civil war began, he enlisted in the 16 vermont regiment and that is one of the things that is very important. he is a man of adventure and he goes west, he writes wonderful letters home of the planes in and the bison, but he gets out well before. but his brother come in the civil war, richard, he is in the major fighting in the east. he survives and comes home 1864. they talk about the war it was a lifetime of experience. he survived the great battle of wilderness. on the seventh day of june, 1864, a sharpshooter from long-distance kills him dead. his body is brought back here. this is a civil war site. i was able to identify this as being their home, although it was a difficult search. the family did not own a home. they were renters and tenant farmers and it was very difficult to find land records and census records let me to it. they came from these remote places in vermont. the most famous inaugural comic gettysburg, for instance, going from these little towns down these
his younger brother, john crandall, became a doctor. when the civil war began, he enlisted in the 16 vermont regiment and that is one of the things that is very important. he is a man of adventure and he goes west, he writes wonderful letters home of the planes in and the bison, but he gets out well before. but his brother come in the civil war, richard, he is in the major fighting in the east. he survives and comes home 1864. they talk about the war it was a lifetime of experience. he survived...
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john f. kennedy in killing kennedy come the end of camelot. second is no easy day. the firsthand account of the mission or killed osama bin laden, written under the pen name mark owen. and third, the songwriter for the british rock band the flu, pete townshend recalls his life and who i am, a memoir. and current and social issues in america. bill o'reilly recounts the assassination of president lincoln and the manhunt for john wilkes booth and killing went in at number six. seven is god loves you, he always has, he always will by david jeremiah. followed by guinness world records 2013 at number eight. nine is i declare, 31 promises to speak over your life. rounding out the list at number 10 is the newest version of strength assessment. 2.0. you can find more on these bestsellers by going "the wall street journal".com. >> douglas brickley is next. live from the 17th annual texas book festival. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. thank you for being here. good afternoon, thank you for
john f. kennedy in killing kennedy come the end of camelot. second is no easy day. the firsthand account of the mission or killed osama bin laden, written under the pen name mark owen. and third, the songwriter for the british rock band the flu, pete townshend recalls his life and who i am, a memoir. and current and social issues in america. bill o'reilly recounts the assassination of president lincoln and the manhunt for john wilkes booth and killing went in at number six. seven is god loves...
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. >> guest: look at john f. kennedy who came to the oval office truly unprepared to be president, and made many mistakes in the first year or more, including the bay of pigs and other mistakes he made. it is now generally conceded that kennedy, by the time he was assassinated, had grown in office considerably and understood how to deal with the military, how to deal with congress, how to deal with conflicting advisors advisors ao forth. i don't see this happening with barack obama. he has not brought in -- despite the fact he said he would have a team of rivals, other than hillary clinton, he has not brought in any rivals whatsoever. he is in fact hardly used his capitol at all and has create edgars who -- created these guards who are like minded of him, czars, including a woman named samantha power, one of her cheech e chief foreign policy advisedders, and i don't think see the sense that he has changed or developed a deeper or better understanding of how to deal, for instance, with the economy, than he did fro
. >> guest: look at john f. kennedy who came to the oval office truly unprepared to be president, and made many mistakes in the first year or more, including the bay of pigs and other mistakes he made. it is now generally conceded that kennedy, by the time he was assassinated, had grown in office considerably and understood how to deal with the military, how to deal with congress, how to deal with conflicting advisors advisors ao forth. i don't see this happening with barack obama. he has...
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dick gephardt ordered, john -- i don't know, a cheese burger and a milk shake. he knew i was photographing him and this was a photo i took as he was informally talking to reporters. >> expression on his face, he doesn't look very happy. >> no, he doesn't. >> was that normal? >> well, a lot of candidates have different expressions and you get into the whole business of masks, without being too intellectual about it, reading the tea leaves, people have faces, candidates do. the happy campaigner, the piling candidate, the upbeat person, the forceful person, the strong leader face, and they have other faces when the cameras aren't on and that was one of the things i was able to do i feel in this campaign and with this project was to get behind the campaign face more than usual. and to see what they really look like when the cameras weren't rolling or the voters weren't in front of them. if you have see four photographs like that, i'm not doing -- i don't have a specific idea in mind, with dick gephardt or a message or anything else what it's for. i should add now, t
dick gephardt ordered, john -- i don't know, a cheese burger and a milk shake. he knew i was photographing him and this was a photo i took as he was informally talking to reporters. >> expression on his face, he doesn't look very happy. >> no, he doesn't. >> was that normal? >> well, a lot of candidates have different expressions and you get into the whole business of masks, without being too intellectual about it, reading the tea leaves, people have faces, candidates...
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this is where it would be stationed with lieutenant john 10 and doc layton. not doc layton was in a navy corpsman, but if anybody knows about navy corpsman, they may as well be marines because i'm going to call them marines from here on out. [applause] so part of my opportunity was getting to meet these guys and develop our team because this is a group of guys that basically learned to call my brothers because when the teams are put together, the brass takes different skill sets, ranks, throw them in a team to go over in a bias. they don't never ask about personalities or anything like that. they just push you in there and expect you to get along. when i met ken fick, johnson and layton, i was the only infantrymen in the group and we were to say the least. i didn't really care at this time. i was just so excited at the thought of getting to go to afghanistan and get in a fight. so it didn't matter to me. what i learned more and more every single day is these guys are the most important people in my life. each of us shared a responsibility to take care of one
this is where it would be stationed with lieutenant john 10 and doc layton. not doc layton was in a navy corpsman, but if anybody knows about navy corpsman, they may as well be marines because i'm going to call them marines from here on out. [applause] so part of my opportunity was getting to meet these guys and develop our team because this is a group of guys that basically learned to call my brothers because when the teams are put together, the brass takes different skill sets, ranks, throw...
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i was a child of john f. kennedy promising that we would go to the moon, and so this was very much part of my upbringing, and i wanted to up, again, share my enthusiasm for a subject that is why, when misunderstood. this is -- >> host: this is from it terry jonathan more in sumter, south carolina. mr. davis mentioned, don't know much song was the inspiration for his book series title. when a phrase is already used in the media, how did the permissions and royalties work when a later person uses the same phrase to back. >> guest: i am not a copyright or a legal expert in this area, so i really prefer not to answer that. it is a very troubling and -- i shouldn't say troubling. it is an area i have no expertise in, so i defer to other authorities on that. >> host: your website is, don't know much about. >> guest: i don't know much. know about. don't know much. >> host: okay. ginnie in rocky mountain, north carolina, please go ahead with your question for kenneth davis. >> caller: thank you so much. i want to kin
i was a child of john f. kennedy promising that we would go to the moon, and so this was very much part of my upbringing, and i wanted to up, again, share my enthusiasm for a subject that is why, when misunderstood. this is -- >> host: this is from it terry jonathan more in sumter, south carolina. mr. davis mentioned, don't know much song was the inspiration for his book series title. when a phrase is already used in the media, how did the permissions and royalties work when a later...
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john f. kennedy had been assassinated, the civil rights act of 1963, which essentially would rid the south of all jim crow laws that were oppressing people of color. that became the civil rights act of 1964. lyndon johnson was very much in support of that act. he had been opposed to some civil rights legislation early in his life when he was the representative here in texas. but as he said very pointedly, when he became president in the well-known speech, now that i have the power, i need to use it. never expected to be the president of the united states. he has to realize he's going to run over a lot of the senators and a lot of the representatives with whom he worked when he was in the house and senate. one of them was richard russell. his friend and mentor. a giant senator from the state of georgia who vehemently opposed the civil rights act of 1964. he knows he's going to have run over him to get this passed. and they have a very somber conversation. russell says lbj, you know, you can pa
john f. kennedy had been assassinated, the civil rights act of 1963, which essentially would rid the south of all jim crow laws that were oppressing people of color. that became the civil rights act of 1964. lyndon johnson was very much in support of that act. he had been opposed to some civil rights legislation early in his life when he was the representative here in texas. but as he said very pointedly, when he became president in the well-known speech, now that i have the power, i need to...